The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-01 00:00:00

lONEY MARKETI AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Two O'CLOCK. As usual on tho Ist November, the transfer books the Bank being shut, the Stock Exchange is osed. There is a moderate demand for discount accom. odation to-day; the supply of money is very rge, and brokers are more inclined to negotiate !at bills of three months' date, at 81 per cent. About £27,000 in gold was taken into the Bank sterday, but 20,000 sovereigns were withdrawn r the West Indies. The Magdalena from the Brazils has arrived at ;sbon en rouse to this country with £43,059. The bar silver by the last West India packet has 3en sold at ss. 61d. per ounce for Amsterdam, lowing a rise of -1-1. The directors of the International Land Credit ompany have made a call of £2 per share, payable the London and Wlstminster Bank, or at the at que de Credit Fonder et Industriel, Brussels, 1 Monday, Nov. 28. The appointment of Mr Turquand as liquidator the Leeds Banking Company (which was made •ovisionally by the Vice• Chancellor during the cation) has been confirmed by the Court. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap linted Friday, Nov. 4, a special settling day in e shares of the following companies :—Metropa. ,an Railway New Shares to be marked ; Fiint. ,ire Oil and Cannel Company, for transactions ily entered into on and after the 7th August, not be marked at present ; the Worcester Engine Torks, for transactions entered into on and after fie llth June, not to be marked; and Holcomb and ),, sack contractors, for transactions entered into . 1 and after the 16th July, no quotation asked for. During the last few days there has been rather 3s activity exhibited in the Foreign and Colonial roduce Markets. Sugars, however, have main. fined former rates, while a fair business has been Ine in coffee at fuli prices. Tea has remained in oderate request at steady prices, while cocoa, rice, id fruit has in same instances sold at slightly re iced rates. Tallow has been in more request for th present and forward delivery, at fully previous rotations. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols Do Account, Nov. 12 . b 9 per Cent. Reduced OW 3 per Cent. 873 ew 2t per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 nnuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan. 1830 — Do for 30 yr s , exp i re sth April, ' lBB5 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 Mb.. whequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4& 31 p er C en t 4 3rd June. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO ink England Stk, 61 per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. dia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates Do Account .. Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4i pet Cent. Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Do 6} per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent. Aug. 1866 Do Bonds 1;1.04 8 6 dis Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. astrian Bonds, 5 per Cent razilian 5 per Cent ...... ... ... .__ L Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 11863 B2i Lianas Ayres 6 per, Cent Do Account..... lilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent )lombian 6 per Cent — aba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 anish 3 per Cent., 1825 -- Do i per Cent, 1864 luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.. Yptian 7 per Cent 951 6 Do, Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons Do Account — luatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 alian 5 per Cent.(slaremmana Railway) 70i exican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 25 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £33 paid...... .. dis 1, 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis x d loorish Imperial 5 per Cent few Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — eruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (IJribarren) — Do 4i per Cent., 1562 Do Account.... 'ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, '6O, 62,'3 46/ Do Account 461 Lussian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St., — Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 6 per Cent, 1862 B7a 8 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £65 paid lardinian 5 per Cent Uo Account — panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Passive Do Account ipanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account iwedish, 4 p er C en t . -- Do Scrip, £6O paid ---- Curkish 6 per C en t. 185 4 .. pin 89 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 . — 5)o Account 691 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. 711 8 Do £lOO Bond s 72 ' i Do 1863 .. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... — Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 por Cent. _ ........ . Do Account .. Do 6 per C en t., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1864 • • --- Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 99 Dutch 2i per Cent.,Ex. 12 Gull — 1)o 4 per Cent. ertillcates French Itentea, 2 per Cent.... — TWO 0 O'CLOCK, Consols, Money. Do Account LORD ELCHO ON THE RELATIONS OF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS AND PRIVATES. —Lord Echo has ad dressed the following letter to the editor of the Badding tonshire Courier :—" Amisfield, Oct. 25.—Sir,—In the lladcitruton Courier of Friday last reference is made to the fact of, your having been precluded from dining at the officers' mess of the East-Lothian Rifle Volunteers, on the occasion of the inspection of the regiment, in consequence of of your having appeared th ere i n th e un if orm of a private the corps, Having myself had the honour of dining at the mess on the occasion referred to, and having at the time heard of the circumstance of your exclusion, I regretted then, as I regret now, that the rules of the officers' mess exclude privates of the corps in uniform. My object, howeNer, in now writing is not to find fault with ably rules laid down by gentlemen by who m I h ave b een hospi tned, but to express the strong opinion I hold that in the volunteer service an officers' mess is a mistake. Happily, all social grades, from dukes to mechanics and agricultural labourers, are to be found in our ranks, but a volunteer's position in the force does not depend on his posi tion in society. There are men serving in the tanks who are socially the equals, in many cases even the superiors in station and wealth of the many under whom they serve. When on duty, the strictest discipline is maintained by volunteers, and privates, no matter what their social posi tion may be, always pay ready obedience to those placed in authortty over them. But when off duty, when mixing socially together, military distinctions should be at an end; the uniform of tho private should not bo barred where that of the officer is free. Such at least, I venture to think. should bo the rule of the service so far as regards our social intercourse, and such generally I believe it to be. The East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry have a mess, at Which also I have been hospitably entertained; but, if I ana not mistaken, it is not an officers' mess.' And in the interests of the East Lothian R 111,3 Volunteers, whose well-being 1 have touch at heart, I would gladly see every member of the corps who chooses to pay for his dinner free to dine at the regimental mess,—l am, 45CZ., " BLOW!" SEARS bIARKETS, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. share Railways. i Paid.! , C r l rice osin! 1 Busdoinnee.sa I Bir., X 901., and Str. Val. Ulythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon !Cornwall 83 85 1271 125 i, 85 1271 8i 51 61 Do A I A g ets no div Do. B till op c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno.' Edinburgh & Glasgow., Glasg. and S. Western. ' Great Eastern, ()rd. stk. 31 33 18 17 92 94 107 109 15i 46} 45f i I 6 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st' Great.Northof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of lrel gn Great Westerr,Original Do Str Val zua. btoehj di 7i £3?, 134 149 150 129 t3l, 8) 91 75i 7.1 118 9 t 76} 6 7 61 / Do. South *ales .... Do. West illid. -Oxiord Do Newport Do Hereford Lancashire tt; Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noah Western Lou. & So•Ah Western Man., Shef., SG Lincoln. Sfaryport and Carlisle. I Do shares... 51 . etropolitan 'Midlafid 54 55 39 42 93 101 1141. 1141 66 67 103 105 37 39 115 3 / 4 116 95 17 65 66 1151 16} 1 1i / 17 161 17 97 1121 /14 133 1331 1 103 103 1121 I 13 i 134 j 5 105 41 Do Binning. & Derby iid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. If shares Mid Kent North British l Edin., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwlek Do, G.N.E. purohast Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do 183 G-61 i North London 524 634 21 1 154 108 1(9 1091 9 10 671 97} 8 361 664 C 7. 96i ai 26 37 9 1Q 74 8h 4 118 123 1 14 p Do New . Do New, 1864 North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central ...... Soot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stock.. Shrews, and Welohpool Shropshire Union .... South DCTOII • • • ...••••• . South Eastern Staines, Wok., and Wok Tall Va1e..........,.. Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dat 78i 77i lot 11} 13f 138 56 68 86 18 831 64 8 9 155 160 3/ 41 p 98 100 32 34 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways I.tlantic & ct Lawrenc , loin.,Baroda&Cent In. Gu. 5 per Dent........ Do. P. bhares......—. l . lullalo and Laaelluroi. Do. Preference ..... iuffalo,Brant,Wodricl p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187 Jo. do. July 1, 187 , o. do. June 1, 18; lcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ;apeTown & Dock Sari Danerara 7 p.c. per. pf h.:ann. Bengal gu. b p. East Indian, zu. 5 p. c Do. do. J Ext.... Brand Trunk of Canail, Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist Pre!. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred....., Do. 2d Pref. Bonds..l Do. do. deterred.... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock . Do. do. deferred--; Do. 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred....„ tit.lnthsPenin.gua.sp.t Do. Gu t. 5 per emit . Do. New gua. 5 p. o it. South.ol India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 91 per cent. Do.. It. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New ..... no. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt Jo. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 f nclian Branch Limited %tadras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extensioi De. 4,4 d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. tielb.Corp. a p. o. Bnd,. & llobson's Bay. Nrewßrunswiox a Cana: Class 6. and B. I.lll.C'daB po Ist f bdt Soinde 00. Delhi.... sj;. : 00. do ti trs Do. Punjaub p Jo. Indus. St. FloR) all all all all all 100 100 100 2 r 0 100 Paid. Closing Prioe. 54 56 1017 1 LC24 idis ip 4s 6 7 8 95 10) 8) 91 102 103 102 1',3 19 20 83 92 67 70 59 61 63 65 55 57 51 53 46 50 28 30 26 28 102 103 pr 4p pr ip 99 100 9 9a 11i 1L 90 92 77 81 I d 10) 101 93 05 88 90 8 CO I 6 SO 133 1001 1001 100 101 id iv 10i 101 95 97 12.14. tJULUNIAL VtatiNsl.E.Yl SEX ÜB,ITIES. British Columbia, 6 per Cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883. 100 lanAiov.Cp.e.Ja. &J ul; 1877-81 100 96 98 98 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Auk. 100 24 96 975 Do. 6p. a. Mar. (Ts Sept 100 93 96 97 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July. lOC 80 83 83 3 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 78 81 apc G.llope, 6 p 0,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oct 1881, 100 104 106 Do. 189, 100 1(5 107 )o. Jan. At July. 1891. 100 107 104 .7eylon, N0v.1863, 6 p 100 102 105 Do. 1878, do. 100 1( 9 112 Ilauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 102 105 Do. 1878 100 104 107 Do. 1882 100 ,06 108 - \Tidal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 iOl I('4 .8.0 ov. 6 p.a.) a.&Jul) 100 53 96 S. W. G ov. 5 p 0.,180. 100 97 99 Do. sp. e.,18Y1 to 1::7. 100 95 97 Do. do.,;888 &upwth 100 94 96 134 i 5j few Zealand O p cent 100 100 104 , Zova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875. lOO 98 93 Zueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 103 102 1011 i.Aus GO v. 6 p.e.lf 68- 100 Do. 1 76 St ti ward 100 100 108 itc.Gov. 6p.o.Ja.tizJul) 100 - Do. io O p.o. A.n ItOot.. 100 014 1051 1051 BRITISH. MINES. 2 "arobrian Consol. Gold 1 4 1 Chiverton Amalgamated. 9 31 'even G. Cone. (Tavist 1 sso 600 Drakewal's.. ,ast Bassett(lllogan) du 52i (74 East Caradon ...... 1140 221 23,7 'ast Carn 8rea....... 3.4. r Oi 7 East Grenville .. 2.7.0. 7t 71 East Lovell 54"1 Russel (Tavistk. 4.13. 45 41 lam.dfSt.Autivn(Gwen 60 6 8 4 Great Lazey, 11m...:... all 155 161 ireat South folgus... 17s 14 2 0. Wheal Vor(lielstot , 40 35 38 35 ;renville • emd's-Foot 8.13 87 39 lingston Downs 4.18.1 441 Margaret (tiny Lelani 7 9 larke Valley. 4 Ivndv Iron Ore (Lim. 24 15 4 angi1e5........19 21 6 .ew Setun . 214 (0 70 D0wn5.. ~ ....... 3 4 ik North Roskear, 291 17 19 h'i liasset(lllo,fai, 3.1,.6 14 2 orth Wheal Crolty . 2.80 25 24 Prosper 7.1. e. 3i 31 •rovidence(liny Lehit. 10 6.7 36 38 'ontliCaradon(St.Cleel 12 620 540 - Fran. (Illogar 5.14.1 33 36 (tray Park 80.17 ., 18 20 fin Croft 4 15 16 Vest Basset (Illogan) 8 9 VCr radon (Liskearcl 9 5 6 West Chiverton West Scion .Cheat Basset (Illogan 51 90 53 .('heal ltuller(Redrutl 10 12 14 ,VhealLuckott wheal Mary Ann (r.den 8 15 17 Wheal ileton sBt 200 205 WbealTreiawney 7 19 21 %Meal Union 4 1 14 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C., Norfolk 6 per cent. Ext., '46, 101 Great orthern, 4 per cent., rect. at 10 pet cent. pm., Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at 5 per cent., 1054 0 Great western Orin, PREFERENCE NU ARES. Great Eastern, E. C., Norfolk 5 per cent. Ext., Great orthern, 4 per cent., red. at 10 pet con Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at 5 per cent., Great Western Orig. 4a per cent pf., 97 tWestern, Wt. 31.idland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stook, 113 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., Ditto, new ) per cent pt, 91 Great Northern, 6 per cent., irred., 108 London, Brighton, &c., 1 per cent.. 1859. 18 London, Chatham, ,tc., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 93i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. East Lin:oln, gua. 6 per cent.. 132} Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 53 FORE! GN RAIL WAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 191 20 Great Luxembourg, 11 . 101 111 San Paulo (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), iB4 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 BANKS. Alliance (Urn.l, 341 1 4 1 1 51 41 Ditto, new, issued at 20 pm., 181 19 Anglo Austrian, Australasia, 69: British and Californian, lim., 41 Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia, and China, 32] 2 City, 110 1 111 Consolidated Bank, Um., 10 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 141 20 European Bank, lira., imperial. Bank (lim.), 3t imperial Ottoman, 151 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 91 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lira., 41 Loudon Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London and County, 71 4 London Joint Stock, Ditto, new, 11i London and 11 estininster, 941 Mercantile and Exchange, lira., 9 National Provincial:of England, Ditto, new, 42 Di tto, ditto. 381 New South Wales, 42 1/ Oriental liana Corporation, 531 South Australia, 34 MISCELLANEOUS. City of London Real Property, lim., $ 11 City Offices, Um., 1i 2 Ebbw Vale, 4,a Egyptian Cora. and Trading, lim., 4f Financial Corporation, I Gen. Credi and Finance of London, Ilm,, 61 Hudson's Bay, 15i 16 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., ( 11 International Financial society, Um., 61 I Joint Stock Discount, lim., London Financial Association, lim., 22 London Czep,:ral Omnibus Company, 4 National Dis.count Company, lim., 131 14 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, b 3 1' on, 27;; Royal Mail `team, Sq 5 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Valve:eat 2d.arine, Insurance, 111u. 4 51 6 5/ 55 i 41 40 Si s iii Business done 55 102 1A 2 lo7} i 191 291 1021 4 3 = rnE,. SUN, LONDON,. TUESDAY tVE'NING, ' , NOVEMBER . ‘l, 1864. LAW INTELLIGEZ , ICE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr Commissioner Holroyd resumed his sittings after the vacation, bat was occupied during the morning in hearing applications in the private room. The list was very light. Mr Registrar Winslow also sat as commissioner, but was occupied the whole of the morning at a private examina tion. RE COLONEL W. 4.11011. This case will be heard on Thursday, not Wednesday, as before stated. Mr Commissioner Goulburn will not sit till Thursday. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr Commissioner Kerr.) CAN A *WOMAN MARRY HER FIRST HUSBAND'S lIALP. BROTHER LUDDEN Y. ENGLISH. In this case plaintiff sued a Mrs Eliz ibeth English for rent, and when the case was called on the defendant stepped into the box, His Honour—How do you make out this case, plaintiff? Plaintiff—She occupied rooms in my house, and has not paid the whole rent. Defendant—l am a married woman. Plaintiff—No, she is not. She has married two brothers, and therefore the second marriage is void. His Honour—That would be so, Mrs English. You see that, by the English law, you are forbidden to marry your first husband's brother. Defendant—l was lawfully and regularly married to him, Plaintiff—Were you married to him abroad ? Defendant—Oh, dear no. We were married in Eng land. Plainiff—Then your marriage is not recognised here. Defendant—My second husband was not exactly my first husband's brother, but more l.ke a brother in-law. (Laughter.) His Honour—Well, perhaps there might not be so much objection to that. Plaintiff—But the husbands were not brothers-in-law. As I am informed, they were of the same name and brothers. His Honour—Well, let us see. Now, Mrs English, what was the name of your first husband ? Defendant—Robert Hall Englbl, and he died In 1850. His Honour—And what was the name of the second husband ? Defendant—James English. I married him in Juno, 1863. His Honour—Well, were they brothers ? Defendant—No, they were like brothers-in-law. His Honour—How was that ? Defendant—Old Mr English, the father, was twice mar ried, and his first wife bore him my first husband, his second wife my second husband. This answer caused no little surprise, calculation, and argument in court. His Honour—Then you see, Mrs English, that you have married two half-brothers. Defendant—Yes, I think that is it. His Honour (considering)—Well, I do not know, no, I do not think it will do, Mrs English ; but it really is a very nice question in common law. The question will be, " Can a woman marry her husband's half-brother ?" In my opinion it is prohibited. It seems very hard, Mrs English, but I am afraid you oannot set up your marriage as a defence to the action. Defendant—l had no idea that the marriage was not a good one. A young man here stepped forward, and said he was the son of the old gentleman, known as the second husband. He complained of the manner in which the plaintiff had gone on with the case,• and with some little warmth of temper, said that the old gentleman had never been seen; and yet plaintiff had the blushing effrontery to come for ward and say he had promised to pay the money. His Honour—So far as the case has gone I have nothing to do with the old gentleman at all ; the only matter for me to consider is whether defendant is married, and if such marriage is a good one. I do not think that in law a woman can marry her first husband's halt brother, and so I am bound to decide that defendant cannot plead her marriage. However, as it does seem to be a hard case upon Mrs Eng lish, who might have fancied it was a good marriage, I will let the case stand over so that the parties may come to some arrangement about the payment. Verdict for the plaintiff. THE SHERIFFS OF LONDON AND MIDDLESEX.— The ancient ceremony of cutting faggots, chopping sticks, with a bill-hook and chopper, and counting horseshoes and nails, as suit and service to the Crown for the right and pri vilege of the City of London to choose the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, took place yesterday morning before Mr W. H. Walton, the Queen's Remembrancer and Senior Master of the Court of Exchequer, at the Queen's Remem brancer's-offiee, Chancery-lane, with all the usual cere monies. Until within the last three or four years the eeremony used to be carried out with all due civic pomp and grandeur on the occasion of the Sheriffs of London and Sheriff of Middlesex proceeding in Ste.to to Westmin• ster-hall on the 30th of October, when they were pre sented in due form by the Recorder to the then Cursitor Baron, the late Right Hon. Mr Bankes, in the Court of Exchequer, for the approval of the Crown. On those occa sions the court was always crowded. Some years ago, when great reforms in law took place, and a number of patent offices were abolished, the Cursitor Baron was made to cease on the death of Mr BAnkes. When that event took place the duty fell on the Barons of the Ilxchequer, but that being found most inconvenient a short Aot of Parliament was passed to do away with the cere mony of presentation, but reserving all the other ancient ceremonies, appointing the barons or their chief officer, the Queen's Remembrancer, to see the ceremony performed. Accordingly, yesterday morning the City solicitor, as repre senting the corporation, Mr: Davison, the senior under sheriff, as representing the Sheriff of Middlesex, and Mr J. K. Potter, the Secondary, as representing the Sheriffs of London, attended at Queen's Remembrancer's-office, when the usher of the court made the usual proclamations, and the ceremony of cutting faggots and chopping sticks was performed as suit and service for a piece of land called the Moor, in Salop, and containing six horseshoes and 61 nails as suit and service for a place called the Forge, in the parish of St. Clement Dane. The usual warrants of attor ney to account having been filed and recorded, the cere mony terminated. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 31.—FEDERAL CRUISERS AND BLOCKADE RUNNERS.—The Bat steamer, from this part, with machinery, was captured off Wilmington October 10 by the Federal steamer Montgomery ; one of the crew was wounded and afterwards died. She arrived at Boston in charge of a prize crew on the 17th. A blockade-running paddle steamer, with smoke stacks, two masts, was sunk by the blockading vessels off Charleston on the sth of October, while trying to run in by the inner channel, Her mast and smoke stacks were visible, but her bull was entirely submerged. She was sunk at a point off Long Island out of reach of the Confederate batteries, and it was probable that she might be raised and portions of her cargo saved. The Confederate steamer Florida was reported off Salt Key Banks steering towards Havannah. MR E. H. KNATCUBULL-HUGESSEN, M.P., AND His CONSTITUENTS.—Mr E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P., addressed a meeting of his constituents, in accordance with an annual custom, at Deal, on Friday evening. The meeting took place in the Town Hall, which was well filled with electors, and the chair was occupied by Mr George Hughes. The hon gentleman spoke at some length on the various topics of the day; and at the close of his address a vote of renewed confidence in him was passed. GENERAL TODLEBEN.—GeneraI Todloben and other officers in the Russian service visited Woolwich yes. terday morning, and were received at the dockyard by Com modore Superintendent Hugh Dunlop, C.B. At 11 &clock the party embarked on board the Admiralty steam-vessel Vivid, Staff-Commander Allen, which proceeded down the river to Long-reach, passing the immense works now in progress for the southern metropolitan sewage outfall, and the scene of the recent gunpowder explosion at Erith. The Vivid returned to Woolwich at 12 o'clock, an intended voyage to Shoeburyness, for the purpose of witnessing gun nery experiments, being, it is stated, postponed. After landing at the jetty the general and party, accompanied by Major-General Warde, C.B , paid a second visit to the Royal Arsenal, and returned to London about 2 o'clock. DETENTION OF THE ROYAL TRAIN.—About 2 o'clock a.m. on Saturday a goods train from War rington, while travelling on the up line near to Minshull Vernon, was thrown off the rails by a valuable horse stray ing on the line. The animal had been grazing in a field; and our informant, who visited the place, says that a gate, regularly fastened with a chain round it, had been lifted off its hinges and thrown into the field. It would have been a work of great difficulty to have thrown it on the line. The animal had passed through the gate. The Royal train, containing her Majesty, was detained nearly an hour in consequence. The line was blocked several hours, two or three carriages having been pitchedclean over. This matter calls for strict inquiry, as it must have been no easy matter to raise the gate off its hinges,—Manchester Courier. TRAGIC OCCURRENCE AT WEYMOUTH.—EarIy yesterday morning the inmates of the residence of Captain Dow, of Rodwell, Weymouth, were startled by the cries of " Murder " proceeding from the upper part of the rear of the house. Upon hastening to one of the servant'. rooms it was discovered she was greatly excited, and said that a man had just escaped from the window who had pounced upon her whilst asleep and nearly strangled her, Upon seurch being made, a ladder, which had been removed from a house undergoing repair a short distance off, was found raised against the bedroom window, and it was no doubt by this means that the man gain'l access to the room. Marks of v i o l ence were f oun d on the nec k Of the girl, and the house was in a state of alarm till daptre,...., soon after which it was discovered that the man who had entered the house was lying dead at the bottom of one of the Weymouth and Portland Railway cuttings near the back of the house, He was a marine nansed Henry Stokes, belonging to her M a j es ty' s s hi p Bl ac k P r i nce, and in his flight had evidently fallen down the cutting, which is hewn out of stone, and was killed. Footmarks which correspond with deceased's boots were visible from the ladder to the cutting. Au inquest was held. when a verdict in accord ance with 113 facts was recorded, POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This day. MANSION-HOUSE. EXTENSITE FRAUD.—Duncan Maclean Wright, a re spectably dressed man, was placed at the bar, before Mr Alderman Stone, charged with endeavouring to obtain, by false representations and fraudulent pretences, a quantity of wine, and also with forging and uttering account bills of exchange to the amount of £2,500. Mr Sleigh, who attended on the part of the prosecution, said the prisoner was charged with one Do Witt, who has been under remand, with conspiring to obtain a large quan tity of wince from Messrs Garcia, Rubet, and Co., by false pretences, and whose name, for obvious reasons, he had not before mentioned in connection with the charge, was apprehended by Sergeant Spittal, who, after some exertion, had traced him from Liverpool to London. He should not trouble the alderman with much evidence, but merely call Spittal who, when apprehending the prisoner, told him the charge, when he replied that ho intended to plead guilty, and that he should do all in Lis power to obtain a complete restitution of the property. He should then ask that the prisoner bo remanded until to-morrow, when ha could ba brought up in company and be examined with Do Witt. Sergeant Spittal said he traced the prisoner from Liver pool to London, and last night he apprehended him in the neighbourhood of Bayswater. When he told him the charge against him, ho said he should plead guilty, and gave every facility towards recovering the property. Alderman Stone at once remanded the prisoner until to morrow. Letter from the Vice-President of the Confederate States. The following letter from the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, giving his views upon the peace move ment, was written in answer to a letter addresed to him by several of his fellow-citizens of Georgia : Crawfordsville, Ga., Sept. 22. Gentlemen,—You will please excuse me not answering your letter of the 16th instant sooner. I have been absent nearly a week on a visit to my brother at Sparata, who has been quite out of health for some time. Your letter I found here on my return home yesterday. The delay of my reply thus occasioned my 'egret. Without further explanation or apology, allow me now to say to you that no person living can possibly feel a more ardent desire for an end to b 3 put to this unnatural and merciless war upon honourable and just terms than I do. But I really do not see that it is in my power or yours, or that of any number of persons in our position, to inaugurate any movement that will ev,:n tend to aid in bringing about a result that we and so many more desire. The movement by our leg'slature at its last session, at the suggestion of the executive, on this subject, was by autho rity properly constituted for such a purpose. That movement, in my judgment, was timely, judicious, and in the right direction. Nor has it been without results. The organisation of that party in the North to which you refer may justly be claimed as a part of the fruits of it. These, it is to be hoped, will be followed by others of a more marked character, if all in both sections who sincerely desire peace upon correct terms will give the movement thus inaugurated all the aid in their power. The resolutions of the Georgia Legislature, at its last session upon the subject of peace, in coy judgment embodied and set forth very clearly those principles upon which alone there can be permanent peace between the different sections of this extensive, once happy and prosperous, but now dis. tracted country. Easy aid perfect solutions to all present troubles, and those far more grievous ones which loom in prospect, and portentously threaten in the coming future, is nothing more than the simple recognition of the fundamental principle and truth upon which all American constitutional libel ty is founded, and upon the maintenance of which alone it can be preserved—that is, the sovereignty, the ultimate abso lute sovereignty of the States. This doctrine our Legis lature announce—to the people at the North and to the world, It is the only key note to peace—permanent, lasting peace—consistent with the security of the public liberty. The old Confederation was formed upon this principle. The old Union was afterwards formed upon this principle. No league can ever be formed or maintained between any State, North or South, securing public liberty, upon any other principle. The whole framework of American institutions, which in so short a time had won the admiration of the world, and to which we were indebted for such an unparalleled career of prosperity and happiness waa formed upon this principle. All our present troubles sprung from a departure from this principle, from a violation of this essential law of our poli tical organisation. In 1776 our ancestors, and the ancestors of those who are waging this unholy crusade against us, together proclaimed the great and eternal truth, for the maintenance of which they jointly pledged their lives, their krtuneg, and their sacred honour,thatgovernments are instituted amongst men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed —and that whenever any form of government becomes de structive of those ends for which it was formed, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organising its powers in such a form as to them may seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. It is needless here to state that by " people," and " governed," in this annunciation, is meant communities and bodies of men capable of organising and maintaining a government, not individual members of society. The con sent of the governed refers to the will of the mass of the community or State in its organised form, and expressed through the legitimate and property constituted organs. It was upon this principle the colonists stood justified before the world in effecting their separation from the mother country. It was upon this principle that the original 13 co-equal and co-Sovereign States formed the Federal com pact of the old Union in 1787, It is upon the same principle that the present co-equal and co-sovereign State of our con federacy formed their new compact of union. The idea that the old Union, or any union between sove reign States, consistently with this fundamental truth, can be maintained by force, is preposterous. This war springs from an attempt to do this preposterous thing. Superior power may compel a union of some sort, but it would not be the union of the old constitntion or of our new, The subjugation of the people of the South by the people if the North would necessarily involve the destruction of the constitution and the overthrow of their liberties as well as ours. The men or party at the North to whom you refer who favour peace, must ba.brought to a full realisation of this truth in all its bearings, More their efforts will result in much practical good. Any peace growing out of a union of States established by force will ba as ruinous to them as to us. The action of the Chicago convention, so far as its plat form of principle goes, presents, as I have said, on another occasion, a ray of light which, under Providence, may prove the dawn of the day to this long and cheerless night, the first ray of light I have seen from the North since the war began. This cheers the heart, and towards it I could almost ex claim, " Hail, holy light, offspring of heaven, first-born of the eternal co-eternal beam. May I express thee un blamed, since God is light." Indeed, I could have quite so exclaimed, but for the sad reflection that whether it shall bring healing in its beams or be lost in a dark and ominous eclipse ere its good work be done, depends so much upon the action of others who may of regard it and view it as I do. So at best it is but a ray, a small and tremulous ray, enough only to gladden the heart and quicken the hope. The prominent and leading idea of that convention seems to have been a desire to reach a peaceful adjustment of our present difficulties and strife through the medium of a con vention of the States. They proposed to suspend hostilities to see what can be done, if anything, by negotiations of some sort. This is one step in the right direction. To such a convention of the States I have no objection, as a peaceful conference and interchange of views between equal and sovereign Powers, just as the convention of 1787 was called and assembled. The properly constituted authorities of Washington and Riehmond, the duly authorised representatives of the two confederacies of States now at war with each other, might give their assent to such a proposition. Good might re sult from it. It would be an appeal on both sides from the sword to reason and justice. All wars which do not result in the extinction and extermination of one side or the other must be ended sooner or later by some sort of negotiation. From the discussion or interchange cf views in such a convention, the history as well as the true nature of our in stitutions, and the relation of the States toward each other and towards the Federal head, would doubtless be much better understood, generally, than they now are; but I should favour such a proposition only as a peaceful confer ence, as the oonvention;of 1757 was. I should be opposed to leaving the questions at issue to the absolute decision of such a body. Delegates might be clothed with powers to consult and agree, if they could, upon some plan of adjustment, to be submitted for subsequent ratification by the sovereign State whom it affected, before it should bo obligatory or binding, and then binding only on such as should so ratify it, It becomes the people of the South, as well as the people of the North, to be quite as watchful and jealous of their rights as their common ancestors were. The maintenance of liberty in all ages, times, and coun tries when and where it has existed, has required not only constant vigilance and jealousy, but it has often required the greatest privations, and sufferings, and sacrifices that people or States are ever subjected to. Through such an ordeal we are now passing. Through a like and even severer ordeal our ancestors passed, in their struggle for the principles which it has devolved upon as to defend and maintain. But great as our sufferings and sacrifices have been and are, to which you allude. they are as yet far short of the like sufferings and sacrifices which our fathers bore with patience, courage, and fortitude, in the crisis that tried men's soul's in their day, These are the virtues that sus tained them in their hour of need. Their illustrious and glorious example bids us not to under-estimate the priceless inheritance they achieved for us at such a cost of treasure and blood. Great as are the odds we are struggling against, they are not greater than those against which they successfully struggled. In point of reverses our condition is not to be compared with theirs. Should Mobile, Savannah, Charles ton, Augusta, Macon, Montgomery, and even Petersburg and Richmond fall, our condition would not then be worse or less hopeful than theirs was in the darkest hour that rested on their fortunes. With wisdom on the part of those who control our destiny in the cabinet and in the field, in husbanding and properly wielding our resources at their command, and in securing the hearts and affections of the people in the great cause of right and liberty for which we are struggling, we could suffer all these losses and calamities, and greater even, and still triumph in the end. At present, however, I do not see, as I stated in the outset, that you or I or any number of persons in our posi tion, can do anything toward inaugurating any new move went looking to a peaceful solution of the present strife. The war on our part is fairly and entirely defensive in its character. Row long it will continuo to bo thus wickedly and mercilessly waged against us depends upon the people of the North. Georgia, our own State, to whom wo owe allegiance, has with great unanimity proclaimed the principles upon which a just and permanent peace ought to be sought and ob tained. The Congress of the Confederate States has fol lowed with an indorsement of these principles. All you and I, and others in your position therefore can do on that lino at this time is to sustain the movement already in augurated, and to the utmost ut our ability to hold up those 'doles as the surest hope of restoring soundness to the ' the North, as the brazen serpent was held up the wilderness. pn".. public mina far the healing of IKraeL The chid aid and oucourarraeL... party at the North is to keep Moro 41v+., ' we can give the peace these great fundamental principles and truths, which alone will lead them and us to permanent and lasting peace, with posses sion end enjoyment of constitutional liberty. With these principles once recognised, the future would take care of itself, and there would be no more war so long as they should be adhered to. All questions of boundaries, confederacies, and Union or Unions, would naturally a.nd easily adjust themselves, ac cording to the interest of pailies and the exigencies of the times. Herein lies the true It.lw of the balance of power and the harmony of States.—Yours respectfully. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. —_, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WORCESTER RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HURDLE RACE. Morocco Ross 1 ........ Ten ran. THIRD EDITION MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE POE AN UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—Marie Debil!e, a notorious French prostitute, who has several times figured at this court, sometimes as complainant and sometimes as defendant, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with committing the following assault upon Melchior Blaise, a tanner, residing in Earl's-court, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square. The complainant said he was passing down Regent-street last night on his way home, and when at the corner of Air street he saw a female either intoxicated or in a fit. He and a constable tried to get her into a cab that she might bo taken home, and while doing so a person came up and asked what was the matter. He replied in French, " Only a drunken prostitute that seems to want to be locked up." At this time there were several French women in the road, and prisoner said he was a very bad man, and made a vile imputation against him. He walked away, and when he got about half• way down the Quadrant the prisoner, who had followed him, gave him a violent blow in the face, and he believed she had something in her hand at the time, as his face was cut, and another woman seized his stick which he walked with, being a little paralysed. The prisoner then run away, but h& followed her as well as he could and gave her into custody. _ _ In answer to Mr Tyrwhitt, the complainant said that the Prisoner knew who he was, because he was once a witness against her bully for stealing a watch, when he got four years' imprisonment. Thomas Goddard, 302 A, said that observing the prisoner running, and thinking she had committed a robbery, he pursued her, and after a smart run caught her. The com plainant then came up with his face bleeding, and stated that the prisoner had assaulted him, and he then took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said she thought it was the complainant running after her and not the constable, and that was why shs ran. Mr Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was well known as one of the worst women in the metropolis, and that she well knew what she had imputed to the complainant. He should com mit her for a month with bard labour. The prisoner is one of a number of foreign prostitutes who nightly frequent Regent-street, and whose conduct, not withstanding the exertions of the police, is much com plained of. WESTMINSTER. DESPERATE ATTACK ITPON A FOREIGNER.—Martin Shelby, a rough boy, was charged with violently assaulting and wounding a poor Spaniard named Francesco Reach. The prosecutor was dread fully disfigured in the face, and he wore a large bandage round his head, which was severely wounded. He gave his evidence through the medium of an interpreter. Prosecutor's statement was to the following effect :—On the night before last he was at the Harp of Erin beer-shop in the Broadway, Westminster, when he was suddenly at. tacked by the prisoner and some others with him. Prosecu tor was at supper at the time, and some mistake arose about the beer he was drinking, and then the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the head with a pair of tongs, and he was at the same time attacked by the companions of the pri soner, one of whom cut his eye open with a quart pot. Mr. Selfe—Ho w many blows were you struck? Prosecutor's reply was—l can't say how many, because I lost my senses. Prisoner said that the Spaniard was excited, and seized him, at the same time brandishing a knife, a toot long, and that that was how the disturbance began. The prosecutor was questioned and posit:vely denied the assertions of the prisoner. He declared as before that he was quietly eating his supper when they fell upon him. A police-constable, who understands Spanish, said that he was conversing with the prosecutor a few minutes before the occurrence in question, at the Harp of Erin. He was at the time perfectly sober and quiet. Witness had known him a long while, and he was a very harmless well-con ducted man. Mr Selfe adjourned the further hearing of the case for the attendance of some witnesses who were absent. THAMES, A NOISY FARE —SINGULAR CASE.-MrS Clitheroo, who described herself as a "respectable married woman," was brought before Mr Partridge, oharged with being drunk and disorderly and refusing to pay a cab fare. George Brown, a eab driver, stated that a little before 6 last night he was hired by the prisoner opposite the George pnblichouse in the Commercial-road, and ordered to drive her to No. 6, Calvert-street, Mile-end-road. Soon after she got into the cab, and while he was driving through*Stepney, she began shouting, swearing, and hallooing. He should not have said much about that if she had not called him a vagabond, a thief, and a villain. He begged of her to be quiet, but she would not, and a mob collected. He stopped the cab, and she gave utterance to another volley of abuse. He then gave her into custody. John Mackay, 414 K, said he took the prisoner into custody. She called him a thief and a blackguard, and used very foul language. The prisoner —I am a respectable married woman. Inspector Griffin, K division—She is a married woman, but not respectable. Prisoner—l am respectable. Inspector Griffin —You aro not respectable. You have been locked up before for being drunk and disorderly. The prisoner said her husband was the officer of a ship, and she expected him home. Yesterday she went to Victoria Dock to meet him. The ship did not arrive, one met with a female who stole the interior of a valuable brooch and a white handkerchief, and who invited her to drink. Mr Partridge—How came you to be drinking with a strange woman ? The prisoner —I d on ' t know s i r. I k now it was wrong . Here is the rim of th e b rooch. Th e i ns id e i s gone . I had a shilling to pay th e ca b fare, and the driver drove ma to the station-house. Me have been robbed it i s your own f au lt. Y our con d uc t was ge—You were drunk and noisy, and if you r e t t r a i b d le, but v ery di sor d er ly. I fine you 108, and in not payment, se ven days' imprisonment. rrPp default ae o f THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN THE TEMPLE GAR DENS: preparations are being made in the gardens e Inner and Middl e Temple for the annual 0f Active t h show of chrysanthemum s , a display which always com mands much attention, and which is justly regarded as something marvellous in the heart of the metropolis. In the Inner Temple there is a very beautiful row of the choicest fl ower s extending along They in which they are arranged are of all i mag i na b le colours and s i xes, the whole length of andPaper buildings. uil d t ihnag manner s . shows them off to the greatest possible advantage. On the opposite side of the gardens, by Harcourt - buildings, there is another row, but they do not show so well as those on the eastern operations which are going on. reserved his finest specimens for the h id ; e northerno 33 1 ivaexils Broome itdoefotfh hasgarden,tehbeui l d ing along the whole extent of which the beautiful flowers have been carefully covered in. They are all well developed and in excellent order, so that it may fairly be expected that the display of the present year will be equal to any of those which have preceded it. In the Middle Temple gardens Mr Dale has been equally successful up to the present time, and he has raised some very splendid specimens, which will bo ready for publics inspection at the same time with those in the Inner Temple. The space which Mr Dale has at his command is not so large as that which Mr Broome has to work upon, but he has turned what he has to the best advan tage, and both the gardeners may congratulate them selves upon what will certainly bo, unless the weather should prove thoroughly unpropitious, a highly satisfac tory show. CLOSING OF PUBLIC-lIOUSES IN LIVERPOOL.— ADOTTION OF TUE NEW ACT.—The new Aot of Parliameat for closing public-houses between the hours of one and four in the morning was adopted yesterday by the Town Council of Liverpool, after a brief discussion. A memorial in favour of the adoption of the Act, and another from the Licensed Vi Clint s to be deferred for six m ers onths Association , were road. asking l r , ti°ll of the Watc h Committee, moved the adoption of ctuall' that it -n • -4 he said, been of great benefit to good The motion was seconded ^f 1,000 pereons chatru.— the Act, which order and morality in Lennon. .. "nra by Mr J. Stitt, who said that upwara. were convicted during the last six months of offence.... milled between the hours of one and four. Mr Bairstow (an hotolkeeper) said that the adoption of the Act would inflict great hardships upon dock labourers and qthers i but Mr Robinson (a brewer) said that the keepers of " night housse" would alma be Injured, The Falls of Niagara. (From the Index.) Passing by a suspension bridge which connects Goat Island with the mainland, we walked to the lowest corner of the isle, and stood at once upon the brink of the precipice down which thunders the American Fall. No scene that I have ever witnessed overwhelmed me with such uncon troluble wonder as that which I looked upon as I stood on the margin cf the plunge of the Mighty cataract. The height, the power and volume of the falls exceeded my utmost ex pectations. I had been told that I should be disappointed ; but if there be sty who have been, I cannot conceive what their imagination could have anticipated. I own I expected more noise, but the eta'e of the atmesphen affects that, and the roar of the falls (like that of Bottom and Earl RuEsell) will at one time bo as paltry and insignificant as at another it will be grand and terrifying. I should like to have the power to give you some idea of the sublimity of the scene, but it is utterly useless to attempt a description of what is wholly indescribable. The tortuous surgings of the rapids, the sudden calmness at the brow of the cataract, the majestic sea-green curve in which the liquid mass glides over the edge of the precipice, the silver ringlets into which it is broken up soon after leaving the brink of the rock,the feathery mist in which it showers down into the cloud of spray that ever veils the lest 50 feet of the Fall, and the infernal writhe and whiteness in which it reappears in the depths of the abyss, all these wondrous features of the Queen of Cataracts must be seen, watched, sat beside for hours and days, before the mind can grasp the magnificence of the scene. But we were as yet only in sight of the Ame rican Fall, A walk along the further side of Goat Island brought us in view of the Canadian Fall, and then I found that I had been spending my fullest admiration and asto nishment upon a mere thread of Niagara, the thousandth part of its volume and grandeur, for there was before me again the same glorious scene that I have so briefly sketched —only it was a thousand times intensified. Wo ascended and took a view from every one of the numerous points from which tourists are expected to sur • vey the Falls, and paid all those preposterous sums which tourists are invariably doomed to give —for Niagara has its excursionists by thousands, and its look-outs,' 'summer., houses,' 'retreats,' staircases," perilous seats,' and such attractions for an excursion party ; but it is less cockneyfied, for all that, than many a place that I have visited—less so than Chamouni and Righi, and such favourite resorts that do not draw half so many visitors as the Falls. Having done our duty as pure excursionists, and been bled accord•. ingly, we took a carriage and drove off to the Canadian side of the river, crossing by the famous suspension bridge which connects the British and American territories. It is an extraordinary triumph of engineering skill to have thrown across the yawning gulf such a mass of weighty metal as here spans the torrent. How it ever got there is to my mind a dark inexplicable mystery, of which 1 am not mathematician or engineer enough to see the solution; but there it is to testify, in conjunction with the tubular bridge of Montreal and the canals of the St. Lawrence, to the in genuity and enterprise of the people of Canada. The bridge is two miles below the Falls, so that the view thence is too distant to be effective; but the drive up to them along the Canadian cliff, past The Clifton House,' the great Canadian hotel, is, I think, the most beautiful road I have ever seen. It is from this side that you get in one grand comprehensive landscape the whole length of the American and Canadian Falls, with the steep precipices of Goat Island between them, and the cliffs of the American bank further down the gorge, and above them the roofs, and spires, and gables of the town, peering out from amid the forest that forms the background of the picture. Table Rock is a lofty shelving promontory of limestone jutting out from the Canadian shore close upon the brink of the plunge of the great Horse-shoe Fall; and there we sat, as all tourists do, and gazed in rapture at the marvels of nature unfolded around, above, beneath us. I cannot tell you what we saw; you could not depicture it to yourself if I could. I will only say that that one view from Table Rock would repay any one a journey from the farthest corner of the world. All the landscapes I have ever seen— all the snow-pictures of the Alps—all the coast-scenery of the Mediterrarean—all the lochs and moors of the Scotch Highlands—sink into insignificance when compared with the incomparable grandeur of Niagara. It is not the Falls themselves alone that cause the magnificence of the scene; but the beauty of the landscape, of which they are the centre, adds a hundredfold to their intrinsic value. But it is useless to tell how I wondered at the msjesty of the view from Table Rock ; you must go and stand there your self, and then you will bo amszad, as I was, at the all-ab sorbing interest of the scene, and ponder as I did upon the marvellous force and volume of the waters that every second plunge down the heights before you, and wonder whence comes the inexhaustible supply, and whither it goes, and how many a long roll of countless summers has looked on the same unvaried scene; and so you will wish, perhaps, to put down on paper some little memento of what you saw and felt, and find, I dare say, as I do, that the attempt is futile. But a distant view of the Falls gives but a faint idea of their solemn grandeur. To comprehend them in their awe inspiring sublimity, you must descend to the base of the cliff, and walk in amongst the spray, and under the curve of their flight down the precipice, and see the terrific power of their waters and the impotence of man beside them : in fact, you must do as I did, make the expedition to the Cave of the Winds, and then you will have impressed upon your mind the detail of the more awful properties of Niagara, which a close acquaintance can alone reveal to you. The Cave lies underneath the American Fall; the trip is decidedly a perilous one, but it is the thing, and so, to be fashionable, I did it. The party of adventurers consisted of eight, and a guide, a French Canadian. At a house by the foot of the Fall we were provided with a dress, or at least an apology for a costume, the very queerest, oddest looking, scantiest set of garments in which I have ever appeared in publi'. The suit consisted of a remark ably thin threadbare flannel shirt, a much thinner an i much more threadbare pair of flannel drawers a pair of flannel socks or slippers, and a cord round the waist, the whole surmounted by an oilskin skull cap. I never felt more like the maniac who persisted in confining his street toilette to hatband and straps, or realised more painfully the confusing effect of the penetrating glances of half a dozen young ladies, than on the occasion when our little party in Indian file threaded the gauntlet of the ingei sitive ones who had drawn up to see us enter the cave, But a bold face and buoyant spirits were necessary for the work that lay before us. After a few words of counsel from the guide about not being frightened, but keeping straight ahead, and energetic assurances that we should not be drowned—though we should be sure to fancy that would be the result, for every mee, he said, thought so at first—we descended some steps that led right down into the spray of the Fall, and at the bottom came upon a path or narrow ledge that wound along the cliff inside the a:chway of the Fall. From the moment that we left the stairs, we got into a fine pelting rain that gradually increased in weight and volume till it bore down upon our skull caps like hail on a skylight. But the cave lay on the further side of the sheet of water, through which we had to get as best we could. How that was I cannot tell you. The guide led the way into the steam and turmoil, bending himself nearly double to keep beating the spray from his nostrils, and clinging on to the slimy rock, for the foothold was slippery and difficult. I believe I did the same, but I cannot say, The guide was immediately lost to our view; and all that I could hear amid the thunder of the cataract was an injunction to push on when it came to the worst, for the illogical reason that it was shorter to get beyond the sheet of water than to turn back. I cannot tell you what a terri fying scene it was—how the waters roared around us— how the stifling spray beat upon our faces so as to drive all the breath out of our bodies—how the wind, caused by the falling mass of water, blew about in a thousand blinding gusts (as if old .2W plus had untied every single sack, and let out the whole of his seminary for a general holiday), dashing the rain into our faces and chests, or driving it against our backs and legs, or both ways at once with equal fury—or what I did, or what I saw. 1 don't know where, or why, or how I went. I only know that I went down to this watery hell and came up again uninjured, but very much out of breath and more frightened, half blinded, more than half deafened, and three-quarters drowned. The rest was comparatively simple—merely a scramble through the mist over slimy polished rocks, a swim across a little pool, and a climb to a chair fixed on a rugged crag, when I found myself out in front of the Fall, with a splendid view of it looking upwards before me, and, the greatest novelty of all, a circular rainbow all around me, at times too doubled. Five minutes' rest upon the crag, and we retraced our steps—for there was no other way back again to terra firma —and then in again amongst the rein and the din of waters, more petting for breath, more struggling wi , le the wanton gusts, more bewildering of the eye and ear, more clinging for bare life to the slimy rock, and clambering up the slippery staircase; and so we reached the mole hos pitable regions of the open sir, and again ran the gauntlet of the curious eyes that awaited our return to daylight-- less nervous, perhaps, about their gaze after Wh a t we had faced below, but very much more tit , yages and disrepu table. I don't know that 1 should care to make the expe dition again, thOugh I wet one rather stout Canadian who told mo he went down regularly twice a week under the idea it would reduce his fat—but lam not by nature amphi bious, and I consider the feat well worthy of the certificate with which the guide presents the visitors before they leave testifying to the fact that they have 'passed through the Cave et the Winds.' THE DIVORCE COURT.—Sir J. P. Wilde, Judge of the Divorce Court, will it on Thursday fur the purpe:Ai of hearing motions. 'There are as many as 91 Grigival Cases in the list - , besides 24 standing over by cowent of the parties, SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, WORCESTER RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Warrior 1 Vanquisher ___ . Five ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. Leoville Cedric 2 Vision 3 Sixteen ran. IVORCESI'ER HANDICAP. Grosvenor colt Prince Plausible . 1 .... 2 Welbeck Nine ran. SELLING STAKES. Wild Huntress Juneuton Nine ran. SEVERN BANK STAKES. Acrobat Meanwood...... Twelve ran. Winner of to. LONDON GAZETTE---This Evenings FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robt. Bunch, Esq., her Majesty's Consul-General in the Island of Cuba, to be her Majesty's Judge in the Mixed Court established at the Havana, under the treaty of the 2Sth of June, 1835, between Great Britain and Spain, for the abo_ lition of the slave trade, in the room et Joseph T. Crawford, Esq., deceased. OCTOBER 28. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Gin.epp e Drago as Consul at Trinidad for his Majesty the King of Italy. _ __ OCTOBER 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr George Tudor Pemberton as Consul ,at Quebec for the Free Han-. seatie City of Lubeck. _ OCTOBER 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr Thomas Hampden Muliens as Consul in the Mauritius for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. L MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIB PRESENT PARLIAMENT. . _ County Borough of Carmarthen—William Morris, of the county of the borough of Carmarthen, Esq., in the room of David Morris, Esq., deceased. WHITEHALL, OCT. 28. The Qnesn has been pleased to grant unto Thomas Birch, of Woodhall, In the Parish of Arkeeden, in the county of Essex, Gentleman, her Royal license and autho rity that he and his issue may, in compliance with a clause contained in the last will and testament of his cousin, John Wolfe, late of Woodhall, aforesaid, EFq,, decea se d, take and henceforth use the surname of Wolfe, in addition to and after that of Birch, and bear the arms of Wolfe quarterly with those of Birch ; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the College of Arms, otherwise her Majesty's Royal license and pezrnission to be void and of none effect. And to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be registered in her Majesty's said College of Arms. BREVET. Major General Sir Henry Knight Storks, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., to have the local rank of Lieutenant General in Malta and its dependencies, while in command of the troops there. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 27. Royal Marine Artillery—Second Lieutenant "William George Tomlin Bickford to be First Lieutenant. vice Leeds, to halt-pay. _ OCT. 23. The following promotion has been made : Ilr Archibald Forrester promoted to First Class Assistant Engineer, with seniority of 20,h Oct., 1861. OCT. 29. Mr Thomas Steel has been this day promoted to the rank of Master in her Majesty's Fleet. The following promotion has been made : Mr David Anderson to bo First Claes Assistant Engineer, with seniority of Oct, 25, 1861._ OCT. 31. The following promotion have been made : Mr Frederick William Sutton (13) to be Chil.f Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet. Mr Joseph Sharpe to be First Class Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Oct. 25, 1864. Edward Augustus Williameon, Esq., to be Paymaster in-Chief on the Retired List. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Wm. Taylor, grocer, Millwall Charles R. Hicks, draper, Guildford Isaac Govier, innkeeper, Taunton Joseph Dunstan, merchant, Truro Henry P. Delves, butcher, Ipswich Wiliam T. Payne, outfitter, Lymington Edward Behrends, merchant, Islington Thomas Harris, cheesemonger, Hackney Owen Murrell, wool turnar, Bethnal Green road Wm Millard, publican, Barnsbury-road William Lawrence, coal merchant, North Brixton. Henry Russell, woollen merchant, Aldermanbury, City R. Plummer, stuff manufacturer, Leeds Ann Burgess, salt manufacturer, Northwich Wm. Griffin, starch manufacturer, Bermondsey. Francis Orchard, jun., clerk Forest-gate' Essev SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Anderson, shipowner, Inverness Henry Anderson, manager, Inverness Alexander M'Alpine, joiner, Linlithgow John Gibson, carter, Glasgow SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Nov. I.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. KINSALE, Oct. 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—William, from Demerara for Liverpool. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 31.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Oxford, from Rangoon for Bromen—General Havelock, from Bas• Bela for Amsterdam. CARDIFF, Oat. 30.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Albert the Good, from Rio Janeiro. Tnoox, Nov. I.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Margaret, from Matanzas. CLYDE, Oct. 31.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Sahti, from Calcutta. (13Y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRANEGEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 31—Jan Freesman, from Petersburg— Niord, from Sundswall—Christina Maria, from Soderham Recovery, from Cronstsdt—Naiad, from Pant zic. Arrived, N ,v. I—Wheataheaf, from Caen—Prospect, Vichi, and Albana—all from Cronstadt-IJda, from Soder ham—Dunsdale and Thomas Rowell, both from Dantzic— Johnnes, from Rostock—Alice, from Dunkirk—Thetis, irom.Sundswall—Sarpen, from GL ile—Swittsure, from Havre. FUNERAL OF MR LEECH.--It has been arranged that the funeral of Mr Leech shall take place on Friday next at Mensal-green, where the hearse will arrive at half past one o'clock. Mr Leech's heart was in that cemetery, where he buried his first child in 1819. There also his friends have been able to secure for him a grave the next but one to that of his friend and schoolfellow, Thackeray. It may be right to mention that none will be invited to the funeral but the members of his family and those who, like Dr Quin, Mr Hutchinson, Mr Bradbury, and Mr Evans, wore more immediately connected with him. He had to large a circle of friends that it is impossible to invite all. COLONIAL BISHOPS ROUCIIIING IT.—We cannot resist the temptation of relating the following anezdote of the Apostolic Bishop of New Zealand, the scene of whose adventures lies here. He had persuaded the Bishop of New castle to start with him from Sidney on a missionary cruise in his little yacht to Now Caledonia, the New Ilabrides, the Loyalty, and other islands in his then extensive diocese, Like ourselves they put in at the Bay of Islands. The Bi shop of Now Zealand wished to show his brother of New castle a little of the country, and for that purpose proposed to take him to a distant station on the other side of this very river. The ground was boggy, as we had found it, and the Bishop of Newcastle had never been accustomed to rough it in such a country as this. Ho could ride his 50 mile a day in his own diocese ; but his hardy brother always walked, and besides there were no horses to be had here. Always neat and spruce in kis dress, looking " as it ho had just come out of a bandbox," and afraid like a cat to wet his feet, he picked his way most carefully and delicately, unlike his brother bishop, who tramped on " through thick and through thin," till at last they came to the river side. The river was swollen with the heavy rain which had been pouring down in torrents for some days previously, and he of Newcastle looked awfully puzzled. wondering how they were to cross—neither bridge nor ford being visible in any direct Lion. lie was still further puzzled, when he saw the Bishop of New Z ealand, without a word, deliberately taking off shoes, leggings, stockings, and, last of all, his breeches. In reply to his brother Bishop's" Whatever next," ho coolly collected hie various articles of dress, and stepped into the river up to is apron. cilliug out as h, did so " Now then, Newcastle, lI vbith your brecks, and fellow your hada!" There W as uo help for it, as there was no other means of crossing the river, and the good Bishop invariably refused to be carried across by any of his Maori suite, on :he ground that it was not right to treat such noble fellows ssbea.ts of burden, — Once a Ircck,, Than 100 Sk 1 oo too 100 iusek stook dock 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 4t00,, stook stock stock 'took 'took stock stook stoc► stock stock 101 i 1002 1